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lets you see what ’s behind or inside an object

in a crowded scene, and especially to adjust

the position of objects behind or inside the

see-through object. Use this when you need to see

inside an object, such as a character with bones

inside. Default=off.

This option is also available from t he Display panel

(page 3–775) and the Object Properties dialog (page

1–117).

You can customize the color of see-through objects

by using the Colors panel (page 3–799) of the

Customize > Customize User Interface dialog (page

3–792). Choose G eomet ry f rom the Elements list,

and then choose See-Through.

Ke yboard shortcut (default):

Alt+X

Ignore Extents—Allows an object to b e excluded

from a zoom extents operation. Choose this when

you have lig hts or other distant objects that you

don’twanttousewhenyoudoaZoom Extents

(page 3–740).

Show Frozen in Gray—When on, the object turns

gray in viewports when you freeze it. When off,

viewports display the object w ith its usual color or

texture even when it is frozen. Default=on.

Utilities Pa nel

Command panels > Utilities panel

The Utilities panel gives you access to a variet y of

utility programs. 3ds Max utilities are provided

as plug-ins (page 3–995).3dsMaxshipswiththe

utilities listed below. Some utilities are available

from third-party developers, so your setup of

3dsMaxmightincludeutilitiesnotdescribed

here. Look for documentation describing these

additional plug-ins by choosing Help > Additional

Help.

Note: D ocumentation for M AXScript and Visual

MAXScript is provided in a separate help system.

To access the MAXScript Reference, choose Help

>MAXScriptReference.SeeAbout MAXScript

(page 1–xvii).